diff --git a/README b/README
index e95ce1c..edbde0d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ Create the MPConfig and User_Profiles directories if they do not exist.
 
 If you have the regular edition, add -DREGULAR_EDITION to CFLAGS.
 
+If you get "Aborted" after starting a new game the second time or so,
+try recompiling with gcc-3.0.2.  It seems to have fixed it for me, but I'll
+try to find a workaround that works with gcc-2.95.
+
 
 relnev:~/avp/AvP Demo 3 - Alien$ ls
 aenglish.txt  alienavp_huds/  alienfastfile/  avp_rifs/  MPConfig/
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 3e75810..12cab30 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -676,8 +676,7 @@ int InitSDL()
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int menusActive = 0;
-	int thisLevelHasBeenCompleted = 0;
+	
 	
 	InitSDL();
 		
@@ -781,7 +780,10 @@ while(AvP_MainMenus())
 	SetBriefingTextToBlank();
 #endif
 {
-
+	int menusActive = 0;
+	int thisLevelHasBeenCompleted = 0;
+	
+	/* turn off any special effects */
 	d3d_light_ctrl.ctrl = LCCM_NORMAL;
 	d3d_overlay_ctrl.ctrl = OCCM_NORMAL;